民国三十年孙中山像半圆铜镍样币。成都铸币厂。 战时发行，耿爱德深信，民国三十年的发行為此版的首批发行，实际上是用来测试白铜合金铸造的可能性。评级盒所标签的 [KM]-Y-362 是类似的非样币版。1937 年日本入侵前，中国民国曾使用纯镍币，1941 年后已消失於流通中。其主因是日本大量囤积并熔炼纯镍币，用於军事用途。生產铜镍币则是為了避免被熔炼。然而事与愿违，第二次中日战争结束之时，铜镍币亦全数消失於流通之中。 <font size= -8 > (t) <em>
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CHINA. Copper-Nickel 50 Cents Pattern, Year 30 (1941). Chengdu Mint. PCGS MS-63. KM-PnC194 (similar to KM-Y-362); K-863III; Zhou-RC.10.2. Issued during wartime, Kann believes these year 30 issues, the first year of the issue, to in fact be patterns meant to test the viability of the cupronickel alloy. This would, rather accordingly, account for the paltry mintage figure and seeming RARITY of this issue. Light amber-gray in color, with some underlying cartwheel brilliance. <em>Pure nickel coinage that had existed in the Republic of China prior to the Japanese invasion of 1937 had long since disappeared from circulation by 1941. The primary cause was Japanese hoarding and melting of these issues, as nickel was a critical material needed for the war effort. These Copper-Nickel strikes were produced in the hope that they might escape melting. This proved too optimistic, and by the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, these issues themselves had all but disappeared from circulation.</em>
